00:00Then they get down 2-0, and it feels like death because I'm over here.
00:03I'm going to panic about them for a while.
00:05Is that allowed?
00:06How long will you need to be convinced that they're on the track of last year?
00:11How long will you need?
00:12Because I tweeted last night right before I went to bed,
00:15I think I'm going to need 20 games before I really settle in.
00:1820 games?
00:19I might need 20 games.
00:21So you need to like, isn't that like that's December kind of?
00:23Sure.
00:24I need them to be in the neighborhood of 12 and 8.
00:27Right?
00:28Is that crazy?
00:2912-6-2 to really settle into, all right, yeah, you're good again.
00:34I feel good about it.
00:36I mean, right now they're 2-1 with an overtime win,
00:39and this homestand brings more good teams,
00:42and then they've got tough tests against some other teams that are playing well.
00:45I don't want to just crown them, of course, three games in.
00:48I don't want to bury them either,
00:50but I am very much projecting nervousness and some panic.
00:55I told you if they lost to Chicago, I would have been panicking on Monday.
00:57And they came back and won that game.
00:59So I want to believe that they're just going to pick up right where they left off
01:03and make the playoffs, but I am still very nervous about that.
01:08I've got a specific number for you, for me,
01:10because I am pretty confident right now they are going to be a very good team this year.
01:16Like, not 109 points maybe, but they're going to be a playoff team.
01:21They'll be challenging for top three, maybe even challenging for the division.
01:24I think there's six teams right now that are four points.
01:26So then 100 points.
01:27100 points.
01:28Yeah, 100 points is you're in the playoffs.
01:30Yep.
01:31Like, you might even be a wild card with 100 points, but you're in the playoffs.
01:34Yeah, Boston, I think, last year was a wild card at 100 points.
01:36That sounds right.
01:38I'm going to go nine games.
01:40And I'm specifically going nine games because every team they play between now and then
01:46is a very good team, and I play in Montreal twice.
01:51Okay.
01:51And I want to see what they look like against that team this year.
01:54Does it look different than the playoff series?
01:56Does it look the same?
01:57You also have a Florida matchup in there too, which I thought that was the standard.
02:01Maybe it's not going to be because Barkov and Marchander hurt,
02:05but I get a Florida matchup, I get a Toronto road matchup in there,
02:08and I get two Montreal road matchups.
02:11If they come out of that nine-game stretch and they're like...
02:14Six and three?
02:14Six and three, I'm going to feel like they're back.
02:17Okay.
